98 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



Second : Plants are selected in the old bed, 

 generally those that have marked ability as 

 to productiveness and heathfulness. This 

 system is quite similar to the first method, 

 but saves time and labour as the plants are 

 not transplanted. The same afterwork for 

 both systems follows: 



Underneath the joint of the runner, 

 where the new plant will be formed, three or 

 four inch pots, filled with good soil, are buried 

 to the rim and a little soil is placed on the 

 runner, both to keep it in place and to help 

 start the new plant. After the leaves have 

 formed and the roots have developed so that 

 the plant may be independent of the parent, 

 the runner is severed and the pot is either 

 taken to a coldframe or it is placed where 

 good care, and especially water, can be 

 given. Sometimes it is either planted in the 

 fall or directly in the bed after the old bed is 

 turned under, where it is allowed to produce 

 fruit the next spring. Other times it is carried 

 along in the pot for winter forcing in the 

 greenhouse as is later described. 



For methods one and two, provided manure 

 is not available, 800 to 1,000 pounds of any 

 of the complete artificial fertilizers can be 



